Belinda+-+Mason

Hello my name is Mason. I am 14 years old and am in my first year or freshman year of High School at Arapahoe. my favorite class is Chinese. Our Macot is a Warrior. My family has Six people in it, My mother Lorianne, my Father George, Me, my sister Maddison, my Brother Micah and my brother Matheson.

I have three times cbout this passage....... but I can't save it. My English name is Belinda, and my Chinese name is Liu Bochen. I am very happy to be friend with you. I'm 20 years old and I'm a girl. I am in my second year of college.My major is English. There are only three people in my family; my father, my mother and me. I really want an elder brother, but it is just a dream.....

Hows it going these days? Are you very busy with your school studying? I think in college, there are more free time than in high and middle school. We can do many things according to our own opinion. You said your favorite class is Chinese, I think I can help you to learn something about chinese if you like.

I am not very good at English, so if there are something wrong in my writing, please point it out. I will try my best to improve my English and correct my fault.

I am doing good phisically, but not so good in my studies. High School in your first year is not easy. But I would think that College is even harder. Yea in College there is more free time. We have times were we dont have classes but most of the time we have to be in class. How did you like the Olimpics. The Opening and closing ceremonies were great. My favorite Sport was the swimming it was amazing to see how fast they could swim.

When I was in high school, there was more preessure on my heart because I must work hard to go to college, but in college, I found it is very important to have a good health. without a good health you won't have enough time to study good. When it comes to Olympic Games,I am very pride because I was a volunteer of the Beijing Olympics. Although we don't have a TV in our dormitory, I went to the McDonald's to see the Opening ceremony with my roommates. And on Augest 8th, there are many huge screens broadcasting the Ceremory on large squares in Beijing. I like many spotrs such as Gymnastics, Table tennis, Siwmming and so on. I think the man who gained 8 gold metals is a marvel. And I like the Nest and the Water Cube, I think they are splendid.

What do you learn at school? Do you learn another languang like us? Do you live in school or at home? Could you tell me something about your table manners?

We learn how do Math, Physical Education, Art, and U.S. history. We do learn different languages. We have a choice of spanish, french or chinese which is what i am learning. We live at home and travel to school every day. We dont put our elbows on the table or burp. but in other countries I have heard it is okay. What do you do for the holidays? We go to our extended family's houses to see them until new years. Its really fun. could you tell me what my name means in Chinese?

After the final exam, I will go back hometown to have my winter holiday. We have the Spring Festival as well as your Christmas. We celebrate Spring Festival from December 30th to Jaunary 15th according to our Chinese lunar calendar. We call December 30th "da nian san shi", Jaunary 1st "da nian chu yi" and Jaunary 15th "zheng yue shi wu". And these three days are very important for us. Because there are 56 races in our countries, so there are many kinds of forms to celebrate the Spring Festival. On December 30th, I will stay with my fanmilies and from 8 o'clock, we will all stay before TV to see the Spring Festival Party. We all stay up until 12 o'clock in the midnight to eat our traditional food "jiaozi"

Mason, in Chinese means "shi jiang", the man who have the skill to put stones together, to build houses. How is the weather there now? Which do you like better? Obama or Macain? In our listening class, we listen to Obama's speech. I think he is really a good speaker.

The weather here is very cold yesterday it was -17 degrees celsius. I like Mcain better I dont agree with some of the things that Obama supports. He is a good speaker but then again we have to be careful, Hitler was a good speaker too.

I am sorry that I can't surfe the internet on holiday, so maybe I can only talk to you after I come back to school.

Okay! :)